OP is missing the current design. Me? I miss iOS 27 design. I’m just that forward thinking.
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I miss the iOS 18 design
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In my opinion they need to stop it with the yearly releases and go to once every 2 or 3 years. Desktop possibly every 5.
At least windows vista and windows 7 had good aero glass, and they are rendered similar to glass. This “liquid glass” shenanigan is merely an overly applied translucent layer/effect on top of many system elements. Not “liquid” at all.
The thing I’ve noticed between both Tahoe and iOS 26 is that everything feels too big. In the sense you want even more space option under display settings.. you want to zoom out more….
Either might come back if leadership changes (not just a new ceo). I think Apple can go just fine if they recycle old designs every 7-10 years or so. People will easily perceive old designs as “new”.I still miss iOS 6.
(And hand-sized phones.)
And the toggle switch looks so damn awful: it was ok all the year before why change it to that super ugly pill shape? Great example of change for the sake of change.
Look under the Accessibility Display options. There is something there that will do the job but I do not remember what it is called and am waiting at least for a Public Beta before reinstalling on my primary device. Natural caution but was very curious.
They want people to upgrade to the 6.3" and 6.9" models.
Ah you young ones! I miss feeding punch cards into the main frame. The smells, the noise, and the coal fumes...
I was fine being an adult until I got my health issues (actually stemming from injuries and not age per se, but I'm sure the latter doesn't help). But maybe that's what you mean when you say you miss your youth – the health stuff?
I can miss the kind of "open, unwritten book" aspect to life you have when you're young, but I do also like several aspects of being older and more experienced about life.
There is something about that older design… it fees cozy.I still miss iOS 6.
(And hand-sized phones.)
I’ve never used Android, but my 30-something son encouraged me to restrict myself to a single screen of frequently used apps, so all of my apps are one swipe away on all of my iOS devices.
(He also uses dark mode on all his devices which is a bridge too far. I still remember 1984 and the emphasis on black text on a white background—like the physical world.)
I still haven’t seen how iOS 26 looks and feels on a 4,7” iPhone SE 2/3. I guess I’ll install the beta on it as soon as Apple launches the first public beta. And consider wether to stay on 18 for a long time or keep updating. Aside from the redesigned interface, iOS 26 incorporate many useful new features…They want people to upgrade to the 6.3" and 6.9" models.
Reduce motion and reduce transparency. Doesn’t flatten enough IMHO, and generates visual bugs on my iPad.
Yeah. You shouldn't have to do that. Telling people to "just" use accessibility settings when they have perfect 20/20 vision is like being upset at Ethan Suplee for not being able to see the Magic Eye poster.
I miss the iPhone 3 gs, right size. every time someone mentions age here I cringe, remember 8 bit computers (6502,8080,8085 , z80) or worse yet punch cards and some things like ibm 1620's
I’m the other way around. I’m using iOS 18 and iOS 26 side by side, as I put the beta on my backup iPhone. Now I’m using my backup phone, with its badly cracked screen over my main iPhone whose screen is fine just because iOS 18 suddenly feels so dated! I hate going back to iOS 18, and can’t wait until it’s safe to upgrade my laptop to macOS 26!
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I miss the Power button on my Apple laptop, I miss the backlit Apple logo, I miss the LED indicator or ring on the charging cable, I miss 3D touch, I miss the old iTunes, I miss my old iPod, I miss the old dashboard on the Mac, you know, the one with a calculator, world clocks, flight tracker, a dictionary, I miss the excitement of OS updates oh and I will miss Touch ID once my iPhone SE stops functioning.
I don’t use beta on my iPhone but I do install beta on IPad Pro which is my test bed. I am planning to install it this weekend and see how it goes. Report on how it was with your Mac OS 26